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August 17, 2022

As school resumes, few COVID protocols remain PAGE 3

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Riverside cannabis dispensary appears back on track PAGE 7

North Riverside rec director to leave, hinting at tensions After 8+ years, Mrozik walking due to increase in ‘situations/issues’

By BOB UPHUES

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The village of North Riverside will soon be looking for a new recreation director with Teresa Mrozik announcing she’s leaving the post Aug. 25.

Mrozik, who has served as the recreation director for the past eight-and-a-half years, submitted her resignation to Village Administrator Sue Scarpiniti on July 19 in a letter that hinted at trouble behind-thescenes.

Brookfield filmmaker shooting documentary about the man behind Galloping Ghost Arcade SEE STORY PAGE 2 PHOTO BY KYLE BICE

See MROZIK on page 15

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Filmmaker shooting documentary on Brookfield arcade owner

‘Ghostlord and Quest for Dark Presence’ a deep dive into the world of Doc Mack

By BOB UPHUES Editor

Is there a Brookfield-centric feature-length documentary on Netflix or some other streaming service in the cards for the future? One local filmmaker thinks it’s possible, and he believes he’s hit upon just the right subject.

For about a year, Craig Bass has filmed more than two-dozen formal interviews and has compiled hundreds of pages of notes, immersing himself in the complex, many tentacled Galloping Ghost empire and its muse Doc Mack.

“I think that it’s a very inspiring story,” said Bass during an interview in his office at the video production company Motion Source on Fairview Avenue in downtown Brookfield.

“He didn’t have the schooling, he didn’t have the connections, he created his own destiny. He now owns the largest arcade in the world, he’s doing the things he loves and he has done more than many, based on determination and passion. It’s hugely inspiring.”

The working title for the documentary is “Ghostlord and the Quest for Dark Presence” and tells Mack’s story from the time he conceived of “Dark Presence” as a teenager to the present.

According to Bass, the film will illustrate “Doc’s journey to create a live-action digitized fighting game, from the first hint of the game’s idea, through crooked investors, surprise iguanas, nearly assassinated landlords, and two reshoots.

But the real question is: will it ever get finished?”

The “nearly assassinated landlords” reference is about Steve Campbell, the Riverside resident and Ogden Avenue property owner who took a young Doc Mack under his wing, providing him with space to shoot live action sequences and later offering multiple properties along Ogden Avenue to house the arcade and other Galloping Ghost ventures.

Campbell in 2012 was the target of a bizarre kidnapping/ extortion plot that was foiled by the FBI, who arrested Camp-

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Filmmaker Craig Bass (right) and camera operator Anya Kalfus shoot video for Bass’ upcoming documentary about Brookfield video game designer and arcade owner Doc Mack last weekend at Galloping Ghost Arcade’s 12th anniversary celebration. bell’s would be assailants after being tipped off by a confidential informant.

The 40-year-old Bass and business partner John Scaletta started their company about 15 years ago. Bass is the firm’s creative director.

“I’ve always wanted to make movies,” said Bass, who knew about Mack for years before approaching him about doing the documentary a little more than a year ago. After talking with Mack for about four hours inside his Galloping Ghost production studio office, Bass was convinced he had a great story to tell.

In Brookfield and beyond, Doc Mack is known as the man behind the world’s largest video game arcade, Galloping Ghost Arcade, a place that has received international notoriety. Its 890 – and growing -- machines draw hordes of hardcore and casual arcade game enthusiasts alike to Ogden Avenue But the Ghostlord – the moniker Mack has adopted and which defines his persona – did not set out to be a video game arcade baron. The entire Galloping Ghost empire – which now includes a print shop, pinball arcade, a fitness gym, auto shop and, most recently, a custom Godzilla model “monster workshop” – was created to underwrite Mack’s burning passion, an arcade game called “Dark Presence,” which Mack has been developing for nearly three decades.

“Everybody thinks about the arcade when they think about Doc Mack,” said Bass. “The arcade was an outgrowth of the game. … Building the arcade was like, ‘Man, we need a place to showcase this game we’re making and we need a way to fund development of the game. We need to keep this community thriving, because we love it and because we need homes for these games we’re developing.’

“No one really knows that. Everybody thinks of Doc Mack as the arcade guy. Doc Mack is the game designer. He’s the

arcade guy, too, but at his core, he is the creator. … he wants to create the experiences for people that he wants to create.”

While Mack is not camera shy – he livestreams a weekly new video game reveal at the arcade and interacts with fans regularly through livestream video – he’s not a particularly high-profile character outside of that world.

But he’s also open, accessible and remarkably transparent, as anyone who has approached him for an interview can tell you. And he proved more than willing to let Bass into his life.

“It’s definitely been very different than what I was expecting,” said Mack in a phone interview with the Landmark. “[The documentary] encompasses so much. Initially it was about the game, but so much of the game is wrapped around every facet of my life. Telling all the stories about all of the people involved and how things happened opened my eyes to a lot of things. It was therapeutic. Talking about it brought so much clarity.”

Bass said he always thought of the documentary as a feature-length film, though he’s open to a multi-part series, if the opportunity presents itself. While he has self-funded the production to date, he’s now looking for investors to help put all of the pieces together and pitch it to distributors.

It will be another year or so before the film is finished, Bass said, but he’s already beginning to pull the story together after filming a few more key formal interviews – including with Mack himself.

“We need that support,” Bass said. “We’re just getting into that now and we’re just finishing up our budget, creating our business plan and we’re looking for people that want to help tell a very significant, very local Brookfieldcentric story that I think is meaningful to a global audience, but it’s very significant for our own hometown here.”

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As school year begins, few COVID mitigations remain Masks a rarity on first day at RBHS; few districts offer regular testing

By BOB SKOLNIK Contributing Reporter

School is getting back to normal this year even as the COVID-19 pandemic stubbornly sticks around. As students returned to school Aug. 15 at Riverside-Brookfield High School, only a few students were still wearing face masks.

Although masks are still officially “recommended” at Riverside-Brookfield High School one student estimated that about 95 percent of students and many teachers went maskless on the first day. One student the Landmark talked to said only a few students in each class were wearing masks.

“At least in my classes, I was one of two or three students that wore a mask,” said the student.

Masks were required in Illinois public schools from when students returned to school from the pandemic during the 2021-22 school year until March 1, 2022, when Gov. J.B. Pritzker lifted his executive order requiring them.

The mask mandate had become a lightning rod issue in many districts, especially at Lyons Township High School and BrookfieldLaGrange Park District 95. Once the mask requirement was lifted, students and staff gradually started to remove their masks, and it doesn’t seem likely that many students will be wearing masks at school this year.

RBHS is the first area school to begin the new academic year. School starts on Aug. 18 at Lyons-Brookfield School District 103 and begins next week at most other area school districts, although Komarek School students don’t have to return to school until Aug. 31.

At all area school districts, lunch will be back to pre-pandemic protocols, and physical distancing is no longer required anywhere.

“Social distancing is no longer a thing,” said Riverside Elementary School District 96 Superintendent Martha Ryan-Toye said.

The main requirement remaining from the past two years is that if a student or staff member tests positive for COVID, that person will have to stay away from school for five

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Students returned to Riverside-Brookfield High School on Aug. 15 to begin the 2022-23 academic year with few COVID-19 mitigation protocols in effect despite the disease’s lingering presence. Masks were few and far between among both students and staff. All of the area’s schools largely will resume pre-pandemic operations when classes begin in the coming weeks. consecutive calendar days following the positive test.

In District 96, the person returning from a positive COVID test will also have to wear a face mask at school for days six through 10 after that positive test.

COVID tests will be available for students and staff at RBHS. “We have plenty of COVID tests here if any staff member or student needs to be tested,” said RBHS Principal Hector Freytas.

Other preventative measures such as upgraded air circulation systems remain in place.

“We still have the touchless hand washing stations, the bottle-filling stations, the hand sanitizers, the building’s maximizing HVAC air exchanges with UV filters,” Freytas said.

Despite new guidance from the federal Centers for Disease Control last week no longer recommending COVID testing for asymptomatic individuals, two local school districts -- Riverside Elementary District 96 and LaGrange-Brookfield School District 102 -- will again offer optional COVID testing

through weekly saliva samples. Those tests will again be collected and analyzed through SHIELD and are offered to schools free of charge by the state of Illinois.

But as of Aug. 15, only 43 students in District 96 had been signed up for the saliva testing, although Ryan-Toye said that number will likely grow before school starts Aug. 24.

Last year in District 96 families had to opt out of the saliva testing; this year they must opt in. Unlike last year, District 96 students who choose to participate will collect their saliva samples at home and bring them to school in vials to school instead of testing at school.

“For now, I think there are families and staff members that feel safer and more secure with this option,” Ryan-Toye said of plans to still offer the saliva testing.

Under the new CDC guidance, students who were merely exposed to someone who tested positive for COVID will no longer have to quarantine. But school administrators note that all this could change if COVID cases spike and public health guidance changes.

“All of this could return,” Ryan-Toye said.

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August 17-24

Outdoor concerts in Riverside, Brookfield

BIG WEEK

If you’re looking for live music on Friday night, you have your pick on Aug. 19 with both Riverside and Brookfield hosting outdoor concerts.

Riverside Parks & Rec presents Midwest roots rockers Good Things from 6:30 to 9 p.m. at Guthrie Park in downtown Riverside across the street from the Metra station, 90 Bloomingbank Road.

Or, you could choose to head over to the band shell at Kiwanis Park, Arden and Brookfield avenues in Brookfield, and catch the Chicago Irish

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Band, delivering traditional covers to favorites beginning at 7 p.m.

Bring a blanket or lawn chair and picnic items.

Both concerts are free to attend.

Riverside Cruise Night

Riverside Garage hosts its final Cruise Night of the summer in Riverside on Aug. 18 from 6 to 9 p.m. on East Burlington Street, just east of Longcommon Road, in the village’s downtown.

Classic car owners who would like to show off their wheels do not need to sign up and will be admitted on a first come, first served basis. No awards will be given out. There will be live music and vendors, and there’s no admission fee to come and enjoy the car show.

Films at local libraries

Movie in Ehlert Park

Libraries in North Riverside and Brookfield offer free in-person movie screenings in the coming week.

The Linda Sokol Francis Brookfield Library, 3541 Park Ave., caps its Brookfield Reads initiative with the movie “The Natural,” inspired by the events recounted in the book “The Chicago Cub Shot for Love,” on Aug. 20 at 1 p.m. Register to attend at brookfield. evanced.info/signup or by calling 708-485-6917, ext. 130.

North Riverside Public Library, 2400 Desplaines Ave., will screen the 2004 film “Around the World in

Brookfield Parks & Rec invites you to bring the entire family to Ehlert Park, Elm and Congress Park avenues, on Aug. 20 for its final Movie in the Park for 2022.

The big screen will show the 2012 computer animated, arcade game-themed comedy/adventure film “Wreck-It Ralph” featuring the voices of John C. Reilly, Sarah Silverman, Jack McBrayer and Jane Lynch.

Before the film starts at dusk don’t miss experiencing arcade game favorites such as Pitfall and Galaga in real life. Bring blankets, chairs, food and drinks and settle in for an evening under the stars.

And more The Riverside Junior Woman’s Charity invites you to “adopt” a toy swan which will be launched into the Des Plaines River at noon on Aug. 28 near the Hofmann Tower to cap the nonprofit’s inaugural Swan Derby fundraiser. Proceeds benefit the many charities Riverside Juniors support. Visit swanderby.cheddarup.com for more.

Riverside Arts Center, 32 E. Quincy St., presents “Endless,” featuring the work of Darrell Roberts, in the outdoor Sculpture Garden through Oct. 29. Gallery hours are Thursday through Saturday from 1 to 5 p.m. There’s also an ■

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exhibition featuring the work of Madelyn Roldan and Oakley McCormack in the lobby of the Riverside Township Hall, 27 Riverside Road, through Sept. 29. Regular viewing hours are MondayThursday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.; Friday 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Visit riversideartscenter.com for more.

The Riverside Farmers Market operates each Wednesday through Oct. 5 from 2:30 to 7 p.m. in Centennial Park, at Forest Avenue and Longcommon Road. The Brookfield Farmers Market returns every Saturday through Oct. 15 from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the parking lot of the Brookfield Village Hall, 8820 Brookfield Ave. North Riverside Public Library, 2400 Des■

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plaines Ave., invites you to make an appointment to visit the Ancestry Help Desk on Aug. 19 between 2 and 6 p.m. There’s also Make Your Own Mug (grades 6-12) on Aug. 20 at 1:30 p.m.; Take Charge of Your Health (seniors, virtual) on Aug. 23 at 10 a.m.; and Stickers and Buttons (grades 6-12) on Aug. 24 at 3:30 p.m.

Register for programs at northriversidelibrary. org/events-new.

Linda Sokol Francis Brookfield Library, 3541 Park Ave., presents Chair Yoga (virtual) on Aug. 18 at 11 a.m., 20s and 30s: Disney Trivia on Aug. 18 at 7 p.m. and Movie Music: Elvis Presley with John LeGear on Aug. 22 at 7 p.m.

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80 Days”starring Jackie Chan and Steve Coogan on Aug. 23 at 2 p.m. Register to attend at northriversidelibrary.org/events-new.

Call 708-485-6917 or visit brookfield.evanced. info/signup to register for programs.

Riverside Public Library, 1 Burling Road, invites you to Understanding and Responding to Dementia Related Behavior presented by the Alzheimer’s Association on Aug. 18 at 7 p.m.; All Ages Outside Storytime on Aug. 19 at 10 a.m.; and All in the Family genealogy program on Aug. 23 at 7 p.m. To register for programs, visit riversidelibrary.org/events.

The Brookfield Elks Lodge, 9022 31st St., hosts bingo the second Sunday of every month. Doors open at 1 p.m. and games start at 2 p.m. with cash payouts.

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RBHS OKs spending $140,000 for new security cameras Township grant will help eliminate blind spots, fund vape detector

By BOB SKOLNIK Contributing Reporter

Riverside-Brookfield High School will spend just over $140,000 to purchase a new security camera system this year. The District 208 school board voted 6-0 to approve the purchase at its Aug. 9 meeting.

“Our current system is very out of date,” said Assistant Superintendent Kristin Smetana, adding that the existing system is an analog system that runs on Windows 7, an operating system that is no longer supported. It is also very difficult to get spare parts if something breaks.

The new system, which the district is purchasing from Chicago-based Skynet Security, is cloud based, which means that video can be viewed from anywhere there is an internet connection. Administrators can even check out live camera video from their homes.

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All of the school’s 64 cameras will be replaced. Most of the current cameras have been in service for more than seven years and some for more than 15 years.

Skynet Security provided the lowest of three price quotes that Smetana received.

The contract was not formally put out to

bid. RBHS has used Skynet before and has been happy with the products and service that the company has provided.

“Not only do they have the lowest price, but they are a trusted vendor that the district has used over the past 10 years for various projects,” Smetana wrote in a memo to the school board recommending the purchase.

In addition, Riverside Township in May awarded a grant of $7,381.49 to RBHS for the purchase of two additional hallway cameras to eliminate blind spots in the camera coverage, a television with a desk mount for the security office where personnel can view the video and a portable vape detector to be used in a school bathroom.

In his appearance before the Riverside Township board in May, Assistant Principal for Student Affairs Dave Mannon told the township board that the vape detector can do more than just detect vaping.

“It’s much more than that,” Mannon said. “It’s a cloud-based application so it does detect a change in the environment.

We’re going to utilize it in one of our bathrooms, and then with that change in environment it does detect noise level and things like that.”

Since the vape detector is portable, it can be moved among the bathrooms at RBHS. Mannon said that he wants to see how the vape detector works before the school commits to purchasing more of them.

Mannon said reports of students vaping in bathrooms was down at RBHS last year.

“The vapes have been down this year, and a little bit last year as we transitioned back, so that’s a great thing but we do see a little bit of it,” Mannon said. “I wouldn’t say we’re at an alarming rate at all, but it’s a deterrent. Some of these applications just make our environment more of a safe place for our kids.”

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Triton rolls out new cannabis cultivation course

Certificate program gives students chance to find careers in burgeoning industry

By F. AMANDA TUGADE Staff Reporter

Triton College students will have the opportunity to learn how to grow, care and manage cannabis plants through a new course this fall. The course – aptly named cannabis cultivation – is folded into the college’s greenhouse grow operations certificate program where students can learn about the cultivation of cannabis plants, which can be used for recreational and medicinal purposes, as well as high-value crops and ornamental plants.

The certificate program, which can be completed in five classes or two semesters, allows students to understand the cannabis industry and production of urban food prod-

ucts or tropical and herbaceous plants, and what career paths are available.

In January, Leafly, a Seattle, Washingtonbased company, reported that legal cannabis was supported by 428,059 full-time jobs, which ranged from retail sales to legal affairs, construction and even public relations.

“In community college, we’re always interested in the job outlook,” said Paul Jensen, associate vice president of academic innovation and workforce education at Triton. With the cannabis industry, “the market is really growing,” he added.

That’s why the college, based in River Grove and serving all of Riverside and North Riverside as well as the Proviso Township portion of Brookfield, expanded its curriculum to include the new cannabis cultivation course and a separate program where students can become certified cannabis dispensary technicians.

Those two courses were added largely due to a statewide effort that sought to launch

vocational cannabis pilot programs in Illinois’ community colleges. Triton College is among about a dozen community colleges licensed by the Illinois Department of Agriculture and the Illinois Community College Board that have those types of certificate programs.

“There’s the growing, and then there’s the dispensing,” Jensen said.

Like chrysanthemums or poinsettias, cannabis plants can be finicky, he said. The plants require the right conditions, including the right humidity and the right amount of sunlight and darkness, to grow, mature and flower. Controlled environments are perfect for cannabis plants, he told the Landmark.

One thing to note, said Jensen, is that Triton and many other community colleges are not legally allowed to grow cannabis on campus. Though cannabis, or marijuana, is legal for medical and/or recreational use in dozens of states such as Illinois, it remains illegal under federal law.

For students taking Triton’s cannabis-related courses, they study other plants similar to cannabis plants. The college also partners with cannabis craft growers in Chicago who offer students tours of their facilities and observe production.

“The large cannabis companies have been extraordinarily helpful to all the colleges that are growing and that are trying to train people,” Jensen said. “They’ve bent over backwards to help us develop curriculum and tour facilities and provide experts as speakers to our classes.”

With the start of the fall semester just days away, Jensen said he is excited to see what students will take away from the new cannabis cultivation course and belong to a group of community colleges participating in the state’s vocational pilot program.

“When there’s an opportunity for us to participate in a program that will give back to the community, we’re going to jump at the opportunity,” he said. “We’re very excited to be able to get this license, bring this program here and work with the people in the community.”

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uring the pandemic, many Americans came to understand that grocery stores are an essential part of daily life. But there may be more to it than that. Tischler Finer Foods, located at 9118 Broadway in the heart of Brookfield, has long been more than a place for locals to stock their pantries. The store fosters a sense of community.

Dennis and Linda Tischler agree that the best part of operating a business in Brookfield is getting to know customers, many of whom have been shopping at the store for years, even decades. “Brookfield is a small town, so we get to watch families grow up,” Dennis Tischler said. Many Tischler’s employees have worked at the store for

years, too, allowing connections to form.

“Whether you work at Tischler’s, shop here, or are a supplier or vendor, every individual brings something unique to the store and that is what makes us special,” Linda Tischler said. “We truly are homegrown.”

In addition to offering grocery standards, Tischler’s partners with local businesses, such as Berwyn-based Vesecky’s Bakery, to offer more specialty fare like houska. Customers can also order cakes for any occasion. And as part of their ever-expanding beer collection, Tischler’s collaborates with Lyon’s-based BuckleDown Brewing to create custom ales, IPAs, and coming soon, a lager.

Tischler’s also features a full-service butcher shop with meat cut to order on request, a vast produce section, a bakery, and a deli.

“What some of our customers may not know is that we also do a lot of catering,” Dennis

Tischler said. “Our deli does a fantastic job and having a special occasion catered can be a great way to relax and enjoy the festivities without having to worry about food preparation.”

Linda Tischler stressed that the store is constantly evolving. Whether updating the catering menu or expanding the popular Grab n’ Go section, where customers can purchase ready-to-heat meals along with produce cut daily and freshly prepared foods like salsa, guacamole, bruschetta, and a variety of dips and snack trays, the Tischler’s team strives to anticipate and meet customer needs.

Tischler’s has been open in Brookfield since 1989 and is a labor of love. “Not only do we love what we do,” Linda Tischler said, “but Dennis and I both love food and cooking more generally. And we look forward to sharing that love with the community for years to come.”

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Riverside cannabis dispensary appears back on track State issues conditional license to firm seeking Harlem Ave. location

By BOB UPHUES Editor

A plan to bring an adult-use cannabis dispensary to Harlem Avenue in Riverside appears to be back on track after the state of Illinois issued 177 conditional cannabis dispensary licenses that had been held up for months due to a lawsuit challenging how the licenses were awarded.

On July 22, the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (IDFPR) announced the issuance of 149 licenses, among them one for Mint IL LLC, whose owners are looking to convert a commercial property at 2704 Harlem Ave. into a retail cannabis dispensary.

Mint IL, also known as Mint Cannabis, had planned on buying the property early in 2022, but the delay in issuing the conditional licenses held up the deal. The sale of 2704 Harlem Ave. was to be part of a transaction that would also involve the village of Riverside selling the property at 2710 Harlem Ave., which is immediately south of the proposed dispensary location, to Dr. Milad Nourahmadi.

Nourahmadi presently owns 2704 Harlem Ave. and the strip mall at 2720 Harlem Ave. The village-owned property sits between the two parcels, and Nourahmadi wants to acquire it to increase the size of the strip mall’s parking lot, which will have some parking spots set aside for the dispensary, which has its own parking lot.

Riverside plans on using the opportunity to improve the appearance of the streetscape along that stretch of Harlem Avenue, including adding attractive welcome signage to the intersection of Harlem Avenue and Longcommon Road, a

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The delay in issuing the conditional licenses led the village in June to extend the deadline of its sales agreement for 2710 Harlem Ave. with Nourahmadi, who extended his deadline to sell 27014 Harlem Ave. to Mint Cannabis until Sept. 15.

Now that Mint Cannabis has its conditional license, Nourahmadi said the wheels are back in motion for the dispensary to become a reality.

“That was one of the biggest barriers,” Nourahmadi said of the conditional license delay. “I absolutely am way more optimistic of getting a deal done.”

Mint Cannabis managing director Omar Fakhouri did not respond to the Landmark’s attempts to reach him by phone and text.

Nourahmadi said his understanding was the Mint Cannabis was in the process of completing requirements for obtaining approval to operate the Riverside dispensary.

According to a July 22 memo to conditional license holders from the IDFPR, the awardees have 180 days to build out the dispensary in order to receive approval.

That process includes, among other things, providing IDFPR with an address for the dispensary, completing officer applications, obtaining any zoning approvals, confirming a floor plan and paying the $60,000 adult-use cannabis dispensary license fee.

Mint Cannabis will not need any additional zoning relief to allow a dispensary at the 2704 Harlem Ave. site. When village trustees voted to create zoning rules for dispensaries, they made such businesses permitted by right within Harlem Avenue’s commercial districts.

All the state will need to do is sign off on the location, which adheres to the state’s rules, and the dispensary floor plan, conduct background checks on Mint Cannabis’ officers, and conduct a final inspection of the dispensary before approving the full license.

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UCP Seguin recognizes Riverside families for generosity

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CP Seguin of Greater Chicago in June presented its Life Without Limits Award to two Riverside Families -- Kelly and Dave Navarro and their sons and to Jake Shevitz and Amy Jacksic for their generous contributions to Seguin’s Secret Santa Holiday program.

The Life Without Limits Award is given to those who have made outstanding contributions to UCP Seguin to benefit the children and adults with disabilities.

For many participants at UCP Seguin, the holidays can be a lonely time. Sixteen years ago, Kelly Navarro reached out to UCP Seguin to ask if there was anyone her family could collectively “adopt” to bring some holiday joy and did so through Seguin’s Secret Santa program.

Since then, the Navarro family – Kelly, her husband Dave, their sons and extended family – have been not-so-Secret Santas for many UCP Seguin participants, often adopting all the residents in a UCP Seguin group home at Christmas time, bringing them dinner and gifts just before Christmas and celebrating with the entire house.

In 2014, 9-year-old Jake Shevitz told his mom he wanted to give all the money in his piggy bank to someone in the community who needed it more.

His mom, Amy Jacksic, showed him some information she had come across about UCP Seguin’s Secret Santa Drive and talked about UCP Seguin residents in Riverside who could benefit from the holiday spirit of giving.

Jake wanted to use his piggy bank contents to purchase gifts for one the residents, but Jacksic had a better idea. She spread the word to Riverside neighbors and friends, and

Amy Jacksic and Kelly Navarro she and Jake collected 36 gifts to donate to the Riverside group home that first year. In the past eight years, they have collected almost 1,300 gifts for people with disabilities served

by UCP Seguin.

I’d be honored ■ Margaret Collins of the financial services firm Edward Jones in North Riverside recently earned the firm’s Frank Finnegan Award for her exceptional achievement in building client relationships.

■ Greg Molinari, a circulation assistant at the Linda Sokol Francis Brookfield Library, was recognized recently by his colleagues for his 25 years of service as a library employee.

science with a focus on military strategic studies and a minor in German.

She has been commissioned a second lieutenant in the Air Force and will report to Vandenberg Air Force Base near Lompoc, California, for missile training prior to receiving her permanent assignment.

■ Augustana College in Rock Island announced that Brookfield resident Isabella Perez graduated with a bachelor’s degree in political science and English during the school’s commencement ceremony in May. ■ Riverside resident Lidija Kutlesa was among the more than 400 candidates receiving diplomas during a commencement ceremony in May at Illinois Wesleyan University in Bloomington. Kutlesa earned a bachelor’s degree in vocal performance.

■ Triton College in River Grove anSUBMITTED nounced that several local students had earned associate degrees or completed certificate programs in August 2022, including Brookfield residents Bryan Doyle, Joanie Brosnan and Damian Jimenez; North Brookfield resiRiverside residents Marlyn Flores, Aledent Vanessa jandra Valencia, Nora Okere, Valeria Morales Lopez Fuentes and Renato Fuentes; and Rivermarked the launch side residents Tatiana Gryczan, Mia Rufof her new venture folo, Grace Garbe and Roxanne Schliep.

Rise Wellness and ■ Katie Culloden, of Riverside, was Therapy, 15 Spinnamed to the 2022 spring semester dean’s ning Wheel Road in list at Emerson College in Boston. The busiHinsdale, during a ness creative enterprises major earned a ribbon-cutting cersemester grade-point average of at least 3.7 emony in July.

VANESSA MORALES on a 4-point scale.

Lopez is a li■ Antonio Vargas, of Brookfield, was censed clinical professional counselor and the clinical director named to the 2020 spring semester dean’s of Rise, which employs three other clinical list at Champlain College in Burlington, associates and provides mental health ser- Vermont, for achieving a semester GPA of vices to trauma survivors. She also serves at least 3.5.

■ Trevor Bork, of Riverside, and Auas secretary of the Illinois Mental Health Counseling Association and was the initial tumn Rajcevich-Schwer, of Brookfield, recipient of the Trinidad Armenta-Aguirre were named to the 2022 spring semester dean’s list at Carthage College in Kenosha.

Art Grant.

■ Riverside resident Haley More information about Lopez Rayfield was named to the 2022 and her new practice is available spring semester dean’s list at at risewellnessandtherapy.com.

Ithaca (New York) College.

■ Grace Knowski, of Brookfield, was named to the 2022 ■ Nora Dachota, a 2018 spring semester dean’s list at graduate of Riverside-BrookMillikin University in Decatur field High School graduated in for attaining a semester GPA of May from the U.S. Air Force at least 3.5.

Academy in Colorado Springs, ■ Sophia Bowie, of BrookColorado, with a B.S. in social NORA DACHOTA field, earned the distinction of

Cutting the ribbon

On campus

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The Landmark, August 17, 2022

North Riverside martial arts instructor earns ultimate honor

Grandmaster Jerry Kidd, master instructor of J. Kidd Martial Arts America who has been teaching taekwondo to adults and children through the North Riverside department of Parks & recreation for 16 years, has earned the ultimate honor of ninth degree blackbelt from the World Taekwondo Council.

Kidd, 70, of Chicago tested and achieved the high honor during Illinois-Chicago’s Taekwondo Day Poomsae Seminar hosted by The United States National Taekwondo Federation at The Centre at North Park in Franklin Park on July 31.

Two former American National Champions, Kidd and Robert Nicholls of Port Angeles, Washington, were successful at becoming the first Americans to achieve ninth degree blackbelt status and were awarded a special red jacket only worn by USNTF’s President Kwan Duk Gun, and now, Kidd and Nicholls.

The honor also makes Kidd the first African American to achieve ninth degree black belt in the country. Kidd was previously promoted to eighth degree Kukkiwon in June 2014 by the Korean Taekwondo Headquarters in Seoul, South Korea. Kidd is the only American to hold both the highest honor in Kukkiwon and World Taekwondo Federation.

JERRY AND DIANE BALIN

47th St./East Ave. rail work will close crossings

If your travel plans for the next month or so have you driving in the vicinity of 47th Street and Eberly/East Avenue, you should either plan for an aggravating delay or work out an alternate route.

Beginning Aug. 15 through Sept. 11, one of the two Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad grade crossings will be completely closed to accommodate track repairs. According to the railroad, sections of deteriorating rail are being replaced at each crossing.

The work has nothing to do with the long talked about but never implemented grade crossing upgrade at the complicated intersection that straddles Brookfield, LaGrange and McCook.

Last week, the Illinois Harbor Belt Railroad announced that the 47th Street crossing (west of East Avenue) will be closed through Aug. 28. The East Avenue crossing (south of 47th Street) will be closed between Aug. 29 and Sept. 11. Poor weather could lengthen closures.

GRANDMASTER JERRY KIDD

Happy 50th

Diane and Jerry Balin, residents of Riverside for 45 years, celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary recently by renewing their wedding vows at Ascension Lutheran Church with family, friends from the AAUW Riverside Branch board and former fellow Jaycees in attendance.

After a reception at the church following the ceremony, the couple flew to California to continue the celebration with their children, P.J., Brian and Jeff along with their spouses and seven grandchildren.

Part three of the anniversary celebration continued back in Riverside where the Balins hosted a backyard party – pollinator garden in full bloom -- for family and longtime friends, two of whom were part of the couple’s wedding party 50 years ago.

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While the intersection won’t be closed down completely at any time, motorists are advised to avoid the area, which at the best of times can be a snarl of traffic, as cars navigate the grade crossings, which are controlled by stop signs.

Recommended alternate routes include Plainfield Road, 55th Street, LaGrange Road and Ogden Avenue. The village of LaGrange has said that the Bluff Avenue interconnect and residential side streets will be open to local traffic only, and that police will be enforcing that policy.

— Bob Uphues

Riverside needs someone like YOU on its Board of Trustees!

The Riverside Community Caucus is seeking residents who are interested in learning more about being a candidate for the Riverside Village Board of Trustees in the next election.

What you can do: 1. Go to www.RCCIL.org and suggest people you think would be a great fit for trustee using the 2023 Prospective Candidate Nominating Form.

2. Ask your friends and neighbors to suggest candidates.

Faculty Honors for the 2022 spring semester at the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta. The designation is awarded to Georgia Tech undergraduates who have earned a 4.0 academic average for the semester.

■ Elmhurst University announced the

names of nearly 900 students who earned dean’s list recognition (3.75+ GPA) for the 2022 spring semester, including Brookfield residents Madison Darcy, Amelia Huebner and Cassidy Melone; North Riverside resident Adam Bojovic; and Riverside resident Abigail Salamanca.

3. Email us with questions at recruiting@rccil.org.

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Brookfield Zoo’s gorilla, JoJo, heads to Field Museum Remains will be part of ‘behind-the-scenes collections’

By BOB UPHUES Editor

JoJo, the silverback gorilla at Brookfield Zoo who died July 31 during surgery to treat an acute illness, is destined to become part of the collection at the Field Museum.

The news, first reported by the Chicago Sun-Times last week, was confirmed by officials at the Chicago Zoological Society and the Field Museum. It doesn’t appear that JoJo’s remains will be placed on display.

“We can confirm that JoJo will be added to the Field Museum’s behind-the-scenes collections so that scientists can study his remains to learn more about how gorillas evolved and how we might be able to help protect them,” a spokeswoman for the museum told the Landmark in an email.

JoJo

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No other details were available, said the spokeswoman, because the scientist who would be able to discuss the matter was “out doing fieldwork, so he is currently unavailable.”

Dr. Sathya Chinnadurai, senior vice president of animal health and welfare at the Chicago Zoological Society, which operates Brookfield Zoo, said it’s not unusual for the

remains of deceased zoo animals to end up at museums.

“Brookfield Zoo has longstanding relationships with our partner Chicago cultural institutions,” Chinnadurai said in an email.

“We know that every animal can inspire conservation and support education and the advancement of knowledge, even after they have passed away. For that reason, the remains of most deceased animals from the zoo are sent to scientific institutions, such as the Field Museum for further study.”

JoJo, 42, spent a decade at Brookfield Zoo and sired three offspring during his time as the collection’s silverback. He was considered a geriatric gorilla and suffered cardiac arrest during surgery to treat an unspecified “acute illness,” according to the Chicago Zoological Society.

He previously had spent time at Lincoln Park Zoo in Chicago and at the Louisville Zoo. In all, JoJo sired five offspring. The western lowland gorilla is considered a critically endangered species due to poaching, illegal pet trade and loss of habitat.

The Field Museum already has a western lowland gorilla on display. Bushman, who lived at Lincoln Park Zoo before his death at the age of 22 due to a heart condition, has been part of the Field’s collection since 1951 and is prominently displayed near the museum’s east entrance.

According to a piece on Bushman published on the Field Museum’s website, he was the first gorilla to live in Chicago and was such an attraction at Lincoln Park Zoo that “an estimated 100 million people came to see this great ape over the course of his life.”

Bushman’s story was part of his attraction. As a young gorilla, he was “adopted” by a group of American missionaries in Cameroon in 1928. In 1930, the missionaries sold him to an animal collector who offered the gorilla to Lincoln Park Zoo, where he was dubbed “Bushman” and became something of a local celebrity. When Bushman died on Jan. 1, 1951, according to Field Museum, “thousands of mourners brought flowers to his empty exhibit.”

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State announces plan for in opioid settlement money Riverside, North Riverside among those reeiving payouts

By PETER HANCOCK Capitol News Illinois

Gov. J.B. Pritzker and Attorney General Kwame Raoul announced plans in late July for how the state will distribute its share of funds from a national settlement with opioid companies.

Illinois expects to receive approximately $760 million over 18 years from a $26 billion national settlement with three opioid distributers – Cardinal, McKesson and AmerisourceBergen – and one opioid manufacturer, Johnson & Johnson.

“The opioid crisis will go down as one of the most disturbing examples of corporate greed and medical mismanagement in human history, giving way to an epidemic that has become more deadly almost every year of the last 40 years,” Pritzker said at a news conference in Chicago on July 29.

Terms of the settlement spell out what percentage of the proceeds each community will receive, and they require that at least 85 percent of the funds be used for programs that will help address the ongoing opioid crisis through treatment, education and prevention efforts.

Both Riverside and North Riverside, which were initial participating local governments in the lawsuit, will receive a portion of the proceeds as restitution for costs associated with responding to the opioid crisis.

According to allocations listed in the agreement, North Riverside would stand to receive about $65,000 in settlement funds while Riverside would receive about $32,000. Brookfield was not an initial participating local government, but earlier this year signed on to the general settlement. It is unclear how much Brookfield stands to receive as part of the settlement.

Under an executive order that Pritzker said he would sign, the money will flow through a new Office of Opioid Settlement Administration to be set up within the Illinois Department of Human Services.

That agency will also appoint a Statewide Opioid Settlement Administrator to ensure that the funds are used in accordance with

the State Overdose Action Plan, which Pritzker announced earlier this year, and that they are used to fund recovery and treatment programs in the counties and municipalities with the most urgent need.

Allocation of funds will be based on recommendations from a newly created advisory board, chaired by the state’s chief behavioral health officer and made up of state and local appointees. The board will work with an existing state opioid steering committee led by Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton and the state’s directors of the Illinois Department of Public Health and IDHS. “This crisis has reached into urban, suburban and rural areas, every kind of community,” Stratton said at the news conference. “It’s also true that opioids have disproportionately hurt BIPOC [Black, Indigenous and people of color] communities. In fact, in Illinois alone, the opioid fatality rate for Black communities was 55.3 per 100,000, and that is the highest of all demographics.”

The settlement, which was first announced in July 2021, resolves more than 4,000 lawsuits that were filed across the country by state and local governments against the drug companies.

In Illinois, Raoul said, 94 counties and 77 municipalities have signed on to the agreement. He also noted that the state stands to receive even more money in the future from other national cases.

Illinois is part of a national settlement to resolve opioid claims against drug manufacturer Mallinckrodt. That settlement was finalized in a bankruptcy plan that took effect last month and will bring about $36 million to Illinois over nine years.

Raoul also announced in late July that state attorneys general have reached settlements in principle with drug manufacturers Teva and Allegan that will bring as much as $6.6 billion of additional relief to states and local governments nationwide.

“It’s important to highlight the abatement and remediation of the crisis is the primary goal of the settlements and the resources that come from the settlement,” Raoul said. “Unlike major settlements of the past, the vast majority of funds Illinois receives through the settlements will go towards a remediation fund. This fund will be used to pay for abatement programs throughout the state instead of being used to pay for other unrelated initiatives.”

Bob Uphues contributed to this report.

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Riverside Library to digitize its RB Landmark archive $5,150 township grant funds converting microfilm to searchable online database

By BOB UPHUES Editor

The Riverside Public Library will digitize about 20 years’ worth of its newspaper archive in the coming months after the Riverside Township Board of Trustees awarded the institution a $5,150 grant for the project.

Those funds will allow the library to convert its microfilm archive of RiversideBrookfield Landmark newspapers from 1985 through at least 2006 to a database that is fully searchable via keyword.

“The digitization is so important for historical and genealogical reasons,” said Janice Foley, Riverside Public Library’s director, who noted the township has now awarded almost $8,000 for newspaper digitization, along with an additional contribution from the Riverside Friends of the Library.

In voting to award the grant, Riverside

Township Trustee Tim Heilenbach called the digitization effort “an outstanding program.”

“Obviously, it’s been a big success for [the library] and it’s less of a headache for [the library] to keep all that microfiche, which tends to get damaged or destroyed,” Heilenbach said.

About a year ago, the library launched the first phase of its newspaper digitization project. The township’s grant of $2,735, an amount matched by the Friend of the Library, funded digitization of the thousands of newspaper pages from 1912 through 1976, including the Riverside News and other titles such as the Citizen and Suburban Life.

Those databases are available to the general public – not just library card holders – as part of the library’s Community History Archive at riversidepublicil.advantagepreservation.com.

Diane Silva, assistant director at the li-

brary who spearheads the digitizing initiative, said that from the day the 1912-76 digital archive went live in January through the end of July, nearly 150 individual users had done searches.

“That far exceeded what we thought,” Silva said. “I’ve been at the library for 10 years, and it’s been our dream to have a local history resource, and it’s been really great for us that we have a township that supports that effort.”

As with the first phase of the digitization project, Riverside Public Library is employing Iowa-based Advantage Archive to perform the conversion of 32 rolls of microfilm containing 21 years of Landmark newspapers, from its first days when it covered Riverside only – from 1985 to 1997 – to editions covering Riverside, Brookfield and North Riverside from 1997-2006 under its present owner, Growing Community Media.

The Landmark maintains its own digital

archive, searchable on its website at RBLandmark.com, from 2005 to the present.

The microfilm rolls will be sent off to Iowa later this month, Silva said, and it will take a few months for Advantage Archive to convert the microfilm into a digital database.

The firm uses what’s called optical character recognition to make the actual newspaper pages searchable by keyword. While it’s not foolproof – yes, sometimes names and words get misspelled – it makes research much more efficient than having to scroll through hundreds of pages of smalltype newsprint.

“We’re hoping to get [the digital database] back by no later than mid-January,” Silva said.

The final piece of the digitization puzzle will be converting the library’s collection of Suburban Life newspapers from the years 1976-85, said Silva. Those editions are still available to be viewed on microfilm.

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Driver charged with DUI after crashing into parked vehicle in Brookfield Brookfield police charged a 41-year-old Brookfield man with driving under the influence of alcohol and cited him for multiple traffic offenses after he allegedly plowed his silver 2016 Kia sedan head-on into an unoccupied Ford SUV parked near the intersection of Fairview and Morton avenues on Aug. 10 at about 10:25 p.m.

Paramedics transported the alleged offender to Loyola University Medical Center for treatment of unknown injuries and for observation. While the driver’s blood-alcohol content was reported to be .28, which is more than three times the legal limit of .08, police also reported recovering a zip-top bag containing four blue and white pills, which were sent to the Illinois State Police Crime Lab for testing.

When police arrived, they reported seeing two vehicles in the intersection of Morton and Fairview, with a man, who had a cut on his face, unconscious in the driver’s seat of the Kia. Both vehicles had sustained heavy front-end damage. The owner of the other vehicle involved in the crash told police that his SUV had been parked on the souths side of Fairview Avenue, facing east, about 50 to 75 feet east of the intersection.

According to the police crash report, the Kia was westbound on Fairview Avenue when it struck the SUV. The impact pushed the SUV up onto the south parkway and over a sign pole, which was left was bent over. A speed limit sign that had been affixed to the pole was lying in the parkway. Both vehicles ended up coming to a rest in the street at the southwest corner of the Fairview/Morton intersection.

In addition to DUI, police cited the alleged offender for failure to reduce speed to avoid a crash, improper lane usage, operating an uninsured vehicle and damage to village property.

Bicyclists hurt in crashes ■ Riverside police cited a 75-year-old Justice woman for leaving the scene of a crash after she allegedly drove her blue Lexus into a 14-year-old bicyclist who was crossing First Avenue westbound on the south side of 31st Street on Aug. 8 at about

11:30 a.m.

The woman initially braked after hitting the boy, according to the police report, but then continued southbound on First Avenue, followed by a witness who kept police informed on the offending car’s whereabouts.

Police located the car as it headed southwest on Plainfield Road from First Avenue.

The driver reportedly told police her car did not strike anyone, but the vehicle had damage to the front bumper and grill, police said. Witnesses said the car was turning right onto First Avenue from eastbound 31st Street when it struck the bicyclist.

The victim, whose injuries were not described in the police report, was taken by paramedics to Loyola University Medical Center for treatment.

Police cited the woman for disobeying a traffic signal, failure to reduce speed to avoid a crash and failure to report a crash to police.

Vehicle break-in North Riverside police responded to the 2400 block of 7th Avenue on Aug. 8 after a resident called to report that someone had entered his unlocked vehicle, which was parked in the driveway, over the weekend.

The offender removed loose change and two keys from the vehicle. One of the keys was for the vehicle that was burglarized; the other was for another vehicle belonging to the victim.

DUI Riverside police charged a 53-year-old Chicago man with driving under the influence of alcohol and aggravated speeding after an officer reported the man driving at 62 mph in a 30 mph zone while southbound on Harlem Avenue from 26th Street on Aug. 10 at 1 a.m.

The officer pulled the car over at Blackhawk Road and reported that the driver’s breath smelled of alcohol, though the driver denied drinking before getting behind the wheel. According to police, the driver failed field sobriety tests and refused to submit to a breath test.

Burglary ■ A resident of

the 2200 block of Burr Oak Avenue, North Riverside, called police on the afternoon of Aug. 13 to report that his home had been burglarized by a man posing as village water department employee.

The victim told police an unknown man carrying a clipboard rang his front doorbell at about 4:10 p.m. The man said he was from the water department and needed to check the water inside the house.

The man pushed past the victim into the residence and told him to go down into the basement and turn on the water. The victim did as instructed, but he became suspicious and went back upstairs, at which time the unknown man fled from the residence.

The victim said he then noticed that the main floor of the home had been rummaged through, although he did not notice any items of value missing.

The offender was described as a heavyset Hispanic man in his mid-40s and wearing a white T-shirt. A Hispanic man described as in his 60s also was involved, the victim said, as the driver of a white pickup truck with a white bed cover.

■ Riverside police responded to the 3400 block of Harlem Avenue on Aug. 8 after a resident of an apartment building called to report that someone had moved items around inside her bedroom.

The break-in occurred between 6 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., the victim told police. She stated that the doors were locked when she entered her apartment, but she noticed in her bedroom that a dresser drawer had been opened, items on top of the dresser had been moved, a laundry rack had been moved and a light in the closet had been turned on.

Police did not observe any signs of forced entry.

These items were obtained from police reports filed by the Riverside, North Riverside and Brookfield police departments, Aug. 8-14, and represent a portion of the incidents to which police responded. Unless otherwise indicated, anybody named in these reports has only been charged with a crime. These cases have not been adjudicated.

— Compiled by Bob Uphues

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THE LANDMARK VIEW

About that resolution

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couple of weeks ago, the Riverside Village Board took the unusual step of voting to approve a resolution urging the state of Illinois to bolster protections for women seeking abortions and for the healthcare providers women seek out to exercise their right to choose one. The Landmark followed up by applauding that action.

Both actions were not universally praised by Riverside residents and those disagreements played out over social media and in the newspaper’s opinion page today, which is absolutely appropriate and welcome. Thanks to those submitting letters this week.

While we don’t know all of the reasons motivating elected officials in their decision to vote in favor of a resolution that otherwise has little to do with their roles in the typically mundane matters of local governance, we can give you insight into what motivated us to write favorably about that action.

Typically, our editorial positions – like our news coverage – are hyperlocal. That’s intentional, and it has been our longstanding policy. It’s rare that we stray past issues pertaining to those living within the boundaries of Riverside, North Riverside and Brookfield.

But, when a Supreme Court ruling overturned Roe v. Wade in June, our alarm bells went off.

While the resolution in support of reproduction rights passed

by Riverside earlier this month was about abortion, it was also about an organized, concerted effort on the part of Republicandominated, anti-democratic state legislatures and a right-wing, ideological judiciary to roll back civil rights in this country.

This is not hyperbole. These lawmakers and judges will not stop with abortion. Next they will legislate whether or not you’re entitled to birth control, who you can and cannot marry, who may or may not qualify for healthcare and whether or not they will allow free and fair elections.

Their efforts to strip Americans of fundamental rights are happening in plain sight, and those advocating for such antidemocratic measures are so emboldened they speak openly of their desires. Believe them when they tell you who they are.

While Illinois has resisted such demagoguery, a sizable chunk of the nation has embraced it and that is a threat to all of us – here down at the local level as well as elsewhere in the U.S. The resolution passed by Riverside was a resolution in support of the civil rights of women, because those rights are in danger and the rollbacks will expand if people choose to underestimate the danger.

This is not a drill. American democracy is under attack from within, and we downplay the threat as “just politics” at our own peril.

Opinion KOSEY CORNER

Golf club chef got his start right here in Riverside

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hat’s for dinner may have been a familiar cry around the Lannon house, but with budding chef Michael Lannon around, his siblings would never be hungry. Growing up in the Beverly Park division of Broadview, young Michael took an interest in cooking while attending Komarek School in North Riverside.

It was those home ec classes and practicing his skills at home that led him to a path that now finds him as head chef at the Riverside Golf Club.

While at Riverside-Brookfield High School, the 1998 graduate had as his home economics teacher the late Julie Morley, who he credits with the person who helped make him the chef he is. Belonging to the FHA Hero club at the school, he participated in competitions, winning second place in one local competition.

While in high school he worked at The Chew Chew restaurant in Riverside, learning the restaurant ropes under the tutelage of owner/chef Scott Zimmer, whose kitchen proved to be a good training

ground for the burgeoning chef.

He moved to different restaurants learning all the while, spending seven years at the California Cafe in Schaumberg. He worked in upscale restaurants in the area and downtown Chicago. Before settling in at the Riverside Golf Club, also worked at different country clubs, which taught the differences from restaurant working.

Those who have been fortunate to have any of his meals at the golf club have always been satisfied by an excellent meal.

He says all the menus are “100 percent created by me” and particularly enjoys making use of seasonal vegetables.

Pastries? Yes, he did the sweets for about two years but prefers preparing savory meals.

Where does he go to eat? Usually someplace downtown, possibly meeting up with some of his chef friends who also attended RBHS. The road he took to becoming chef at Riverside Golf Club started nearby and moved around the Chicago area before coming back close to home.

JOANNE KOSEY

LETTERS

Riverside board should stick to core mission I disappointed to see that the current village of Riverside Board of Trustees has to waste precious time passing a resolution supporting abortion rights, and I am even more disappointed that the Landmark had to make it a front-page news story (“Riverside urges state to make Illinois abortion sanctuary”) in the Aug. 10 issue.

I did not elect trustees to issue opinions that may

not reflect the beliefs of Riverside citizens. My strong belief is that the role of the Riverside board is to hire and fire the village manager, affirm the hiring of the police and fire chief, now the director of public safety, approve the village budget, insure that the infrastructure of the village is serving the citizens’ needs.

In other words, stick to issues within the boundaries of our village. Drifting into national politics and issues makes me wonder if the village board is forgetting its mission.

John Scully Riverside

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Resolution does not speak for all Riversiders

board purports to represent and speak for the whole village. It does not.

The resolution was introduced and adopted in a single board meeting. This impetuousness, on a topic that has garnered thoughtful international debate for decades, is concerning.

To my knowledge, there was no groundswell of public opinion clamoring for this resolution. Nor did the board solicit, in a methodical way, resident input on this very controversial issue. The village has oft stated that it values inclusivity. Did the board not wish to solicit any other opinions from residents who may have more nuanced reactions to the abortion debate?

The recent reversal of Roe v. Wade has understandably taken many by surprise, and many have passionate feelings on the

issue. In crafting the Riverside resolution, however, no dissenting opinions were sought, so the board’s decision was made in a self-affirming echo chamber. Nor does there appear to be any actionable reason for the resolution. The state of Illinois already affirms the elements of the resolution, and the village of Riverside is legally bound to follow same.

The resolution also proposed Illinois as a “sanctuary state.” What does this mean for the village? Have the policies and specific procedures been addressed in detail in the various village departments?

In the future, I wish the board would consult its constituency before promulgating an opinion on such an important topic. We cannot assume that national media reports about majority opinions on abortion apply

piniti whether Mrozik had lined up a new position, she responded, “[Mrozik] has not indicated to me she does.”

Scarpiniti said she was planning to post the job opening this week in the hope of fillfrom page 1 ing the position by the end of September or in early October. In addition to the recreation di“After the many situations/issues that have rector, the department employs four full-time transpired during my time here and the in- and one part-time staffers. crease over the past year or so, I have decided “I’d like to have someone in place very it is best for me to move on,” said quickly,” said Scarpiniti, who inMrozik in her resignation letter, dicated there may be one or more which the Landmark obtained internal candidates for the job. through a public records request.

“I’m trying to already map out a “I am grateful for the majority transition plan.” of my time and experiences here; Mrozik helped write a detailed however, I want to preserve my job description, said Scarpiniti, love and passion for my field,” and agreed to stay on a full month Mrozik wrote. after announcing her resignation Asked what “situations/isdespite initially wanting to give sues” Mrozik was referencing in two weeks’ notice.

TERESA MROZIK her resignation letter, Scarpiniti “Teresa is going to be missed,” referred the Landmark to Mayor Scarpiniti said. “She has been Joseph Mengoni for further comment. a very good director for the village and has Reached by phone Aug. 12, Mengoni told been a valuable asset to our community. She’s the Landmark he had not talked to Mrozik grown our recreation department signifiand did not know what was behind her de- cantly during her tenure and has made a sigcision to leave. That status had not changed nificant contribution to the North Riverside by the night of Aug. 15, said Mengoni, when community.” the village board met. Mrozik was not in atMrozik came to North Riverside in March tendance.

2014 after a stint of a little more than three The Landmark reached out multiple times years in Riverside, where she worked to grow by text and email to Mrozik, submitting a list recreation programming. It was that experiof questions about her decision, but Mrozik ence that made her attractive to North Riverdeclined to talk about the matter. side, and she delivered.

It does not appear Mrozik was actively lookUnder Mrozik’s direction, North Riverside ing for a position outside of North Riverside Parks & Recreation became a communityand does not appear to have a job lined up at building organization, offering family fothis time. When the Landmark asked Scar- cused events, including an annual “block

party” on Desplaines Avenue, a new holiday season kickoff/tree-lighting celebration and the popular annual Autumn Fest/Chili Cook Off. The department diversified its recreation programming and most recently Mrozik sought to bolster youth programming beyond the department’s preschool/daycamp offerings.

She recently hired a youth coordinator, said Scarpiniti, to “tap into what she saw as an underutilized youth market. She felt there was a lot more programming that we could expand into.”

I am disappointed in the Riverside Village Board of Trustees’ decision to adopt their Resolution Supporting Reproductive Rights. I personally know many of the members of the board, and know them to be hard-working volunteers, and trust that they thought they were acting in the best interest of Riverside residents.

In this case, however, the board has acted beyond its remit. By issuing this resolution in the name of the village of Riverside, the

MROZIK

Search for replacement

Third departure this year Mrozik’s departure is the latest in a series of village hall staffers who have left since April. Pam Foy, who served as Scarpiniti’s executive assistant and was handed some supervisory duties during the pandemic, left in April for a similar position in Burr Ridge.

In June, another administrative employee, Koula Tricoci, also left North Riverside for a similar job in Burr Ridge.

Scarpiniti indicated that Tricoci left for higher pay while Foy may have been motivated to leave because her job in Burr Ridge also has some supervisory duties that she lost in North Riverside when the village hired a new finance director early in 2022.

Attempts by the Landmark to reach Foy and Tricoci for comment were unsuccessful.

Scarpiniti said there’s no link between those departures and Mrozik’s resignation, but in the past couple of years all has not been rosy inside village hall. During a spring 2021 mayoral/trustee election campaign where it was suggested positions and pay might be

to Riverside.

Even should Riverside mirror these reported views, on such a divisive topic, and with no specific impact on Riverside laws, this resolution fails to contribute anything positive.

It is painful for me to write this letter, as I respect all of the board members, and I rarely publicly voice my thoughts on lightning rod issues. You will notice, by the way, that I have not disclosed my personal opinion on abortion or reproductive rights.

Perhaps you would be surprised. But then, since the Village Board of Trustees has already concluded that they represent my opinion, I suppose it is moot.

Cathy Maloney Riverside

cut, clerical employees announced they were unionizing.

However, after a frustrating year and a half of trying to negotiate a union contract, clerical employees reportedly have disbanded the union and Teamsters Local 705, which had been representing the employees, “have voluntarily disavowed interest in the group,” said Scarpiniti.

“They never wanted to unionize from the get-go, but they felt pressured because of the political pressure,” said Scarpiniti. “But they did demonstrate that the office personnel were underpaid, and the unionization brought that to the forefront.”

Until recently, it had proved difficult to fill the two administrative vacancies, said Scarpiniti, due to pay rates the village was offering. That has left village hall short-staffed this summer, with just two full-time clerical employees remaining.

At the end of June, the village announced it was shifting to “summer hours” at village hall – with no Wednesday evening or Saturday morning front desk service -- and had opted to again use an automated phone attendant to handle incoming calls to village hall.

Changes to pay rates have allowed Scarpiniti to find new two new clerical staff, both of whom are scheduled to start work Sept. 1.

She has also hired the village’s first-ever staff accountant, who was scheduled to start work this week.

The accountant position had been approved by the village board for the 2021-22 fiscal year, but that job, too, had proven hard to fill due to the pay being offered. Scarpiniti said she also would soon be advertising a part-time front desk position.

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Sports

RBHS volleyball looks to improve on 2021 campaign Senior-laden Bulldogs hoping to be ‘toughest serving team’ in league

By BILL STONE Contributing Reporter

The commitment of the senior-dominated Riverside-Brookfield High School girls volleyball team under new head coach Caitlin Staib-Lipinski already has been loud and clear.

“This preseason has been awesome.

They’ve bought into what I’m telling them,” Staib-Lipinski said. “They’re trusting the process. Our gym is vibrating with noise and sound so we’re high energized, which is what I want.”

The Bulldogs have seven seniors and five

varsity returnees from the 2021 team that finished 14-21 and won the Metro Suburban Conference Red Division with a perfect 6-0 mark, their first league championship since 2016.

Senior outside/right-side hitter Sophia Cozzone, senior defensive specialist Elise Verdin and sophomore middle hitter Sofia Owens earned All-MSC honors. Also back are three seniors -- middle Reagan Mulcrone, outside/right sides Anasofia Zaper and Christina Savaglio and junior setter Annabel Krueger, who played in five matches. This is Mulcrone’s fourth varsity season and third for Cozzone and Verdin.

“It’s nice having the majority of seniors on the team, because some of us have played together in the past so we already have some sort of connection,” Cozzone said. “The preseason has started off really good. We all are trying our best and we want to win.”

Last season, Cozzone (147), Owens (109) and Verdin (106) led the Bulldogs in kills

and Owens (32) and Mulcrone and Zaper (23) were tops in total blocks. Cozzone (452) and Verdin (304) had the most serve receptions, while Verdin (205) and Cozzone (193) were third and fourth in digs.

Staib-Lipinski played volleyball at Bradley University and was a member of Naperville Central’s 2005 state championship team as a junior. Among her goals is “to be the toughest serving team in the conference.” Verdin (35) and Zaper (25) were second and third in aces last season.

The Bulldogs began a new weight training regimen on Aug. 15. New varsity assistant Amy Frey, a former RBHS player, has helped in rejuvenating team traditions like pasta dinners.

“The [preseason] vibe is really good.

We’re getting pushed very hard by Coach Staib and I really appreciate it,” Zaper said.

“I can really feel a connection with the team, even people I haven’t played with for

as long.”

Seniors back with the program after oneyear absences are defensive specialist Kira Conroy, who played club beach volleyball in 2021, and outside/right side Sammi Reeze, who improved through club play and clinics. Junior newcomers are middle Addie Blomgren, setter Paige Shipley and defensive specialist Kelley Tyler.

“I’d say we have a lot of potential as a team,” Verdin said. “Being that this is our senior season for so many people, that just makes it a lot more exciting. If we can lead our team to [winning] regionals or even sectionals, that would just make it an even better experience.”

The Bulldogs have lost their regional opener the past two seasons.

“I’m looking to get a lot farther in the postseason,” Mulcrone said. “Everybody’s more experienced so our skills are at a higher level.”

RBHS golfers ready to tee up new season Boys return 2 sectional qualifiers, girls program growing

By BILL STONE Contributing Reporter

Behind nine seniors and nine returning varsity letterwinners, the Riverside-Brookfield High School boys golf team has high hopes in the Metro Suburban Conference and beyond. “[Our goals are a] strong showing in the MSC regular season and conference tournament and either team or several individuals advancing to sectionals,” said coach Jim Festle.

Senior Marc Kaplan and junior Joey Garvey are co-captains and were two of the Bulldogs’ four 2021 IHSA Class 3A individual sectional qualifiers. Kaplan shot 84 and Garvey 86 at the Payton Regional to beat the individual cutoff score of 88. Kaplan and Garvey followed with 84 and 85, respectively, at the

Lyons Township Sectional.

Senior Murphy Regan (98) also returns from the regional lineup. Other returning letterwinners are seniors Will Domanowski, Dan Gilhooley, Aidan Finkle, Jake Tyler, Jake O’Brien and Gus Mendoza. Varsity newcomers are juniors Finn Wambay, Ben Wilkowski and Kevin Cronin and senior Hunter McClintock.

The Bulldogs finished sixth at last season’s MSC Blue Division Meet. Garvey (91, tied for 27th) and Kaplan (93, 29th) finished among the top 30. Regan (96) and Domanowski (100) were the team’s No. 5 and 6 scores.

This lineup could go even deeper. “[Our strengths are] captains Marc Kaplan’s and Joey Garvey’s leadership, good senior class, and several sophomores and freshman that will play in varsity matches this year,” Festle said.

RBHS girls golf The continued progress of the RBHS girls golf program has resulted in a second coach.

Fourth-year head coach Doug Schultz now has veteran RBHS coach Jason Rech as an assistant as the Bulldogs’ turnout has grown to 23 total from 18 with two seniors in 2021.

The roster includes 2021 IHSA Class 2A individual state qualifier Mayan Covarrubias and 11 newcomers.

“They’re coming with great talent,” Schultz said. “The girls that are returning really put some great effort into their summer rounds so you can see there’s improvement.

It’s a great feeling to see the growth in numbers but also the growth in talent.”

Covarrubias, a junior, shot 101 at state after arguably her greatest round with the Bulldogs, a 79 at the Hinsdale South Sectional that shared the final advancing score for the top 10 individuals not among the three advancing teams. Covarrubias earned All-MSC honors after tying for fourth at the MSC Meet (85) and taking third overall including dual results.

Seniors Sophie Swicionis, Ava Storandt, Amelia Gardiner and Abby Roedel, juniors Malia Davis and Kate Newberry and sopho-

more Ellie Megall also return from the postseason lineups.

At the Sandburg Regional, Swicionis and Megall (107s) were four strokes from the individual sectional-qualifying cutoff score, followed by Storandt (119) and Davis (122).

RBHS finished fifth (406).

Swicionis (110, tied for 31st), Storandt (112, 35th) and Davis (115, 37th) had counting scores at the MSC Meet. Newberry (119, 42nd), Gardiner (131, tied for 51st) and Roedel (145, 58th) were the team’s No. 6-7-8 scorers.

RBHS was fifth (421).

Several newcomers strengthen the lineup, including includes freshman Lucia Vazzana and two sisters, sophomore Taryn Schultz, a transfer from Fenwick, and freshman Tali Schultz. They are not related to coach Schultz.

“We’d like to get more individuals qualifying for getting into sectionals,” Doug Schultz said. “We’re still going after a real competitive conference with St. Francis [the favorite], but we really feel like we have the chance to compete with them or maybe for second

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PUBLIC NOTICE PROPOSED 2nd SUBSTANTIONAL AMENDMENT TO THE VILLAGE OF OAK PARK COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT • PROGRAM YEAR 2021 ACTION PLAN Date of Publication: August 17, 2022 Village of Oak Park 123 Madison Street Oak Park, IL 60302 (708) 383-6400 A revised Public Notice is hereby given of a proposed Substantial Amendment to the Community Development Block Program (CDBG) Program Year (PY) 2021 Action Plan.

Additional funding allocations using $136,000 in returned CDBG PY2020 funds to the following CBDG Infrastructure projects carried out by Village of Oak Park Public Works to be completed in PY2021: An additional $136,000 for street resurfacing for the already approved PY2021 project.

These projects will be completed in Low to Moderate Income Areas.

On October 25, 2004, the Village of Oak Park granted a loan through its CDBG-funded Revolving Loan Fund to Oak Park Residence Corporation in the amount of $135,663 that was secured by a mortgage against the title to 7 Van Buren St., Oak Park, IL. On October 25, 2024, The Village of Oak Park is scheduled to forgive the

entirety of the loan amount with no future payment owed, and the Village of Oak Park shall record a release of mortgage for said loan at the Cook County Recorder of Deeds.

The proposed substantial amendments are on file at the Village of Oak Park, 123 Madison Street, Oak Park, IL 60302 and is available for public examination and copying weekdays from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. CST from August 17, 2022 5.p.m. to September 16, 2022.

PUBLIC COMMENTS Any comments concerning the proposed substantial amendment may be submitted in writing to the Village of Oak Park, 123 Madison Street, Oak Park, IL 60302, via: email to Vanessa Matheny, Grants Supervisor, at vmatheny@oakpark.us, or at the virtual Public Hearing to be held from 1:00PM2:00PM on September 19, 2022.

Please send a request to the above referenced email address to attend the virtual hearing. Reasonable accommodations will be made for persons with disabilities and non-English speaking persons, as needed.

Published in Wednesday Journal, August 17, 2022

LEGAL NOTICE The Village of Oak Park will receive sealed proposals from qualified companies at the Public Works Center, 201 South Boulevard, Oak Park, Illinois 60302 Monday through Friday, 7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. local time until 3:00 p.m. on Thursday, September 15, 2022 for the following: Village of Oak Park Water Distribution Leak Detection System Project Number: 22-124 Proposal documents may be obtained from the Village’s website at http://www.oak-park.us/ bid. For questions, please call Public Works at (708) 358-5700 during the above hours.

Published in Wednesday Journal August 17, 2022

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING VILLAGE OF OAK PARK ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS HEARING DATE: September 7, 2022 TIME: 7:00 p.m. or as soon thereafter as the Agenda permits CALENDAR NUMBER: 19-22-Z APPLICATION: The Zoning Board of Appeals (“Board”) will conduct a public hearing on a special use permit application filed by the Applicant, H & H Legacy, Inc. dba It Takes a Village in Oak Park, LLC, to operate a day care facility pursuant to Section 8.3 (“Table 8-1: Use Matrix) of the Oak Park Zoning Ordinance at the property located at 6139-6147 North Avenue, Oak Park, Illinois, Property Index Number 16-05-103-002-0000 in the NA North Avenue Zoning District.

A copy of the application and applicable documents are on file and are available for inspection at Village Hall, Development Customer Services Department, 123 Madison Street, Oak Park, Illinois 60302, Monday through Friday between 8:30 a.m. and 5:00 p.m.

The Board will conduct the public hearing remotely with live audio available and optional video. The hearing will be streamed live and archived online for on-demand viewing at www.oak-park.us/ commissiontv as well as cablecast on VOP-TV, which is available to Comcast subscribers on channel 6 and ATT U-Verse subscribers on channel 99. The remote public hearing is authorized pursuant to Section 7(e) of the Open Meetings Act. The Village President has determined that an in-person public hearing is not practical or prudent due to the COVID-19

outbreak during Governor JB Pritzker’s current disaster proclamation. It is also not feasible to have a person present at the public hearing due to public safety concerns related to the COVID-19 outbreak.

All interested persons will be given an opportunity to be heard at the public hearing. Interested persons may provide written evidence, testimony and public comment on the application by email to Zoning@oak-park.us or by drop off in the Oak Park Payment Drop Box across from the entrance to Village Hall, 123 Madison Street, Oak Park, Illinois, to be received no later than 5:00 p.m. on September 7, 2022. An individual’s name and their testimony or comment will be read aloud into the record at the public hearing if received no later than 30 minutes prior to the start of the public hearing. Interested persons may also sign up to participate in-person in the hearing to cross examine the applicant and its witnesses, present evidence, testimony or public comment by emailing Zoning@oak-park.us before 5:00 PM on the day prior to the public hearing. Individuals who sign up to participate in-person will receive an email from Village staff with information about how to join the hearing online through Zoom web-conference means or by phone.

The public hearing may be adjourned by the Board to another date without further notice by public announcement at the hearing setting forth the time and place thereof.

Published in Wednesday Journal, August 17, 2022

LEGAL NOTICE STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF COOK, ssCircuit Court of Cook County, County Department, Domestic Relations Division In re the Marriage of: Tequilla S. Liddell, Petitioner, and Albert Jamon Henry, Respondent, No. 2022 D 002785.

The requisite affidavit for Publication having been filed, notice is hereby given to you, Albert Jamon Henry, Respondent, that a Petition has been filed in the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois, by the Petitioner, Tequilla S. Liddell, for Dissolution of Marriage and that said suit is now pending.

Now, therefore, unless you, the said Respondent file your Appearance and Response electronically to said Petition with the Office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois, on or before August 31, 2022, default may be entered against you at any time after that day, and a Judgment for Dissolution of Marriage Entered in accordance with the prayer of said Petition.

IRIS Y. MARTINEZ, Clerk.

Published in Wednesday Journal August 10, 17, 24, 2022

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PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ON 2022-2023 BUDGET PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the Board of Education of Oak Park Elementary School District Number 97, Cook County, Illinois, that it will hold a public hearing on its proposed budget for the 2022 2023 school year on the 27th day of September, 2022, at 7:00 p.m. The hearing will be held at the District Office, 260 Madison Street, Oak Park, Illinois, 60302.

Such proposed budget shall be on file conveniently available for public inspection from and after August 17, 2022, in the Business Office of Oak Park Elementary School District 97, between the hours of 8:00 am and 4:30 pm.

The Board of Education intends to adopt the proposed 2022-2023 budget following the public hearing. /s/ Jung Kim President Board of Education Oak Park Elementary School District 97 Dated: August 17, 2022 Published in Wednesday Journal August 17, 2022

REAL ESTATE FOR SALE

REAL ESTATE FOR SALE

REAL ESTATE FOR SALE

REAL ESTATE FOR SALE

REAL ESTATE FOR SALE

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION US BANK TRUST NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, NOT IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY BUT SOLELY AS OWNER TRUSTEE FOR VRMTG ASSET TRUST Plaintiff, -v.ROSE M. BARRACO, BANK OF AMERICA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, OAK CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION, INC. Defendants 2019 CH 08117 405 S HOME AVE, #202 OAK PARK, IL 60302 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on June 7, 2022, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on September 9, 2022, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker, 1st Floor Suite 35R, Chicago, IL, 60606, sell at a public sale to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 405 S HOME AVE, #202, OAK PARK, IL 60302 Property Index No. 16-07-323-048-1009 The real estate is improved with a residence.

Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, including the Judicial Sale fee for the Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in “AS IS” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court.

Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale.

The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information.

If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4).

If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1).

IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s

license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales.

For information, examine the court file, CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. Plaintiff’s Attorneys, 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL, 60527 (630) 794-9876 THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales.

CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100 BURR RIDGE IL, 60527 630-794-5300 E-Mail: pleadings@il.cslegal.com Attorney File No. 14-22-01316 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Attorney Code. 21762 Case Number: 2019 CH 08117 TJSC#: 42-2262 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff’s attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

Case # 2019 CH 08117 I3199280

representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in “AS IS” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court.

Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale.

The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information.

If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4).

If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1).

IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales.

For information, contact HEAVNER, BEYERS & MIHLAR, LLC Plaintiff’s Attorneys, 601 E. William St., DECATUR, IL, 62523 (217) 422-1719. Please refer to file number 402910.

THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales.

HEAVNER, BEYERS & MIHLAR, LLC 601 E. William St. DECATUR IL, 62523 217-422-1719 Fax #: 217-422-1754 E-Mail: CookPleadings@hsbattys.com Attorney File No. 402910 Attorney Code. 40387 Case Number: 18 CH 08348 TJSC#: 41-2137 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff’s attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

Case # 18 CH 08348 I3199894

that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on May 13, 2022, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on September 19, 2022, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker, 1st Floor Suite 35R, Chicago, IL, 60606, sell at a public sale to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 747 SOUTH HUMPHREY AVENUE, OAK PARK, IL 60304 Property Index No. 16-17-122-034-0000 The real estate is improved with a residence.

Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, including the Judicial Sale fee for the Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in “AS IS” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court.

Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale.

The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information.

If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required

by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1).

IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales.

For information, examine the court file, CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. Plaintiff’s Attorneys, 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL, 60527 (630) 794-9876 THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7

day status report of pending sales.

CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100 BURR RIDGE IL, 60527 630-794-5300 E-Mail: pleadings@il.cslegal.com Attorney File No. 14-22-00302 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Attorney Code. 21762 Case Number: 2022 CH 00988 TJSC#: 42-1923 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff’s attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

Case # 2022 CH 00988 I3199376

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION NEW RESIDENTIAL MORTGAGE, LLC Plaintiff, -v.SARA DANKER, CORNERSTONE CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION, THE CORNERSTONE CONDOMINIUM, CITY OF OAK PARK Defendants 18 CH 08348 846 WESLEY AVE APT 2 OAK PARK, IL 60304 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on February 13, 2020, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on August 29, 2022, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker, 1st Floor Suite 35R, Chicago, IL, 60606, sell at a public sale to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 846 WESLEY AVE APT 2, OAK PARK, IL 60304 Property Index No. 16-18-226-036-1012 The real estate is improved with a residential condominium.

The judgment amount was $125,856.02.

Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, including the Judicial Sale fee for the Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY, AS TRUSTEE FOR THE REGISTERED HOLDERS OF MORGAN STANLEY ABS CAPITAL I INC. TRUST 2007-HE7 MORTGAGE PASSTHROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2007-HE7 Plaintiff, -v.GARY HOLMAN, ILLINOIS HOUSING DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY Defendants 2022 CH 00988 747 SOUTH HUMPHREY AVENUE OAK PARK, IL 60304 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION FIFTH THIRD BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION; Plaintiff, vs.

CARLA L. NIETO AKA CARLA NIETO; ALVARO M. NIETO AKA ALVARO NIETO; PORTFOLIO RECOVERY ASSOCIATES LLC; Defendants, 20 CH 1035 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above entitled cause Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Monday, September 19, 2022 at the hour of 11 a.m. in their office at 120 West Madison Street, Suite 718A, Chicago, Illinois, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described mortgaged real estate: P.I.N. 16-17-322-023-0000.

Commonly known as 1113 South Humphrey Avenue, Oak Park, IL 60304.

The mortgaged real estate is improved with a single family residence. If the subject mortgaged real estate is a unit of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by subsection (g-1) of Section 18.5 of the Condominium Property Act. Sale terms: 10% down by certified funds, balance, by certified funds, within 24 hours. No refunds. The property will NOT be open for inspection.

For information call Sales Department at Plaintiff’s Attorney, Manley Deas Kochalski, LLC, One East Wacker Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60601. (614) 220-5611. 20-001990 ADC F2 INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION intercountyjudicialsales.com I3200592

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410 N Stone Ave, LaGrange Park $625,000

2620 Halsted St, #2, Chicago $610,000

838 Wesley Ave, #3, Oak Park $175,000

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